Donald Trump on Wednesday attempted to shift attention away from
the negative news dogging his campaign by going on the attack
against Hillary Clinton.

In a speech in New York, the presumptive Republican presidential
nominee spent about 40 minutes blasting Clinton's qualifications
for the presidency, highlighting her tenure as secretary of
state.

"Hillary Clinton's tryout for the presidency has produced one
deadly foreign-policy disaster after another," Trump said.

Trump also attempted to undermine Clinton's integrity. Labeling
her a "world-class liar," Trump revived Clinton's false claim
that she came under fire as first lady at an airport in Bosnia,
and he slammed her decision to use a private email server while
she was secretary of state.

"Just look at her pathetic email and server statements, or her
phony landing in Bosnia, where she said she was under attack but
the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers — a
total self-serving lie," Trump said. "Brian Williams' career was
destroyed for saying far less."

The real-estate mogul rattled off a list of high-profile
critiques of Clinton. Trump asserted that Clinton was responsible
for the death of US Ambassador Chris Stevens during a 2012 attack
on the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, and he blamed her for
sending jobs overseas.

Trump also again attempted to cast Clinton as too close to Wall
Street and foreign donors, contending she may be "the most
corrupt person ever to run for president in the United States."

"They totally own her, and that would never, ever change if she
became president, God help us," Trump said, straying slightly
from his prepared remarks.

Trump's speech came just one day after Clinton herself laid into
the real-estate magnate
in a major speech, questioning his qualifications to lead the
American economy.

"He's written a lot of books about business. They all seem to end
at Chapter 11. Go figure," Clinton said, referencing Trump's
bankruptcy filings in the 1990s.

"Imagine him being in charge when your jobs and savings are at
stake. Is this who you want to lead us in an emergency? Someone
thin-skinned and quick to anger, who'd likely be on Twitter
attacking reporters or bringing the whole regulatory system down
on his critics, when he should be focused on fixing what's
wrong?"